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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 302% (30th of 1072)

Based on 142 user benchmarks.  Model: PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB
Poor: 106%Average: 302% Great: 487%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB averaged 201.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 682MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,241MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB is 382%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 99.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 56.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 142 samples)
Rank 30302%
Min Avg Max
724 Read 2,319 3,817
565 Write 2,241 3,981
603 Mixed 1,872 2,948
595 SusWrite 1,944 3,645
471% 2,094 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 4K Read 48.1 71.8
29.8 4K Write 99.7 168
20.1 4K Mixed 56.8 88.3
198% 68.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
355 DQ Read 778 1,102
126 DQ Write 535 944
267 DQ Mixed 682 980
502% 665 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
889GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3577 3565 3581 3463 1557 2038 MB/s
420% Outstanding
Read 3,272
Write 3,739
Mixed 2,821
SusWrite 2,964
722% 3,199 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 68.4
234% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 950
DQ Write 662
DQ Mixed 837
617% 816 MB/s
558GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2751 2341 2372 2324 2630 3251 MB/s
347% Outstanding
Read 2,334
Write 2476
Mixed 1,996
SusWrite 2,612
532% 2,354 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 49.3
183% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 990
DQ Write 716
DQ Mixed 502
470% 736 MB/s
876GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 519 1023 1408 1642 1652 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1,796
Write 1,650
Mixed 1,642
SusWrite 1,203
354% 1,573 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 89.3
4K Mixed 53.5
183% 62.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,108
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 449
376% 573 MB/s
815GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 1051 1055 1408 900 883 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 1,916
Write 1,539
Mixed 1,618
SusWrite 1,058
344% 1533 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 95.2
4K Mixed 53.8
191% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 587
417% 544 MB/s
570GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 686 728 733 671 621 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1261
Write 944
Mixed 605
SusWrite 677
194% 872 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 43.3
4K Mixed 32
111% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 594
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 544
354% 426 MB/s
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Typical SN740 NVMe WD 1TB Builds (Compare 908 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 17%
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System: Dell G15 5530

CPU
Core i7-13650HXIntelBench 104%, 2,398 samples513x
Core i5-13450HXIntelBench 99%, 610 samples233x
Core i9-13900HXIntelBench 115%, 8,895 samples110x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 1,608 samples324x
RTX 4060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 113%, 18,525 samples256x
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 66%, 502 samples137x
SSD
SN740 NVMe WD 1TBPCBench 302%, 142 samples1x
RAM
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples143x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples104x
HMCG66AEBSA095N 2x8GBUnknownBench 126%, 368 samples87x
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